Fastener



Dec. 25, 1928. v 1,696,467

A. B. ALLEN FASTENER Filed June 50, l927 INVENTOI;

ATTORNEYS.

Fatented 25, teilig STATES ALBERT BnoMLnY ALLEN, or

SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNA.

FASTENER.

Application filed .Tune 30,

ever, l am enabled to fasten the awning when the shrinkage thereof doesnot exceed a lcertain predetermined amount. e

Other objects include a fastener of the `Character stated which issimple of construction, easy to operate and fool proof.

'lilith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in anovel. and useful provision, forn'iation, construction, associa tion andrelative arrangement of parts, meinbers and features all as shown inertain einbodiments in the accompanying drawing, described generally andmore particularly pointed out in the claims.

ln the drawing:

Fig. l. is an elevation of the improved fastener, the eyelet part ofwhich is shown associated with a curtain;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the fast-ener;

Fig. 3 is a. cross sectional view on the liuc iw of Figure l;

Fig. l is a cross sectional view on the line "4 of Fig. l; and

F ig. 5 is aside elevation of a modified form oit fastener.

Corresponding parts in all the figures are designated by the sainereference characters.

Referring now with particularity to the drawing, l have shown two formsof fasteners which lA designate. as entireties by A and B respectively.The forni A will be described first and the same includes members c6 andZ. The member Z) coniprises an eyelet which is adapted to be secured toa curtain c. rfhe member o comprises a. base l, stud 2, and arm 8. rllhestut` 2 is adapted to swivel. relative to the base, the base to this endbeing formed with a bore i and the said stud 2 is formed with a baseportion 5 and a central part 6 depending from said base and received inthe opening il. An end of said part 6 may be upset as shown at T so asto cooperate with angular walls 8 bounding the opening ft. The saidshown at 2l.

i927. serial No. 202,439.

stud is formed with a bifurcated portion 9. The lever, 3 is formed witha cam slot l0 and said lever is received between the bifurcations of thestud being held in position relative to said stud by means of a. pin 11,passed transversely through said bifurcated portionof the stud and thecam slot l0. In the present instance the lever is formed of a pieceoit'strap metal which is bent intermediate its length in such a manneras toprovide a vhandle portion`12 and two cooperating portions 13 and lll.The base l is likewise provided with transverse openings l5 whereby thesaid base may be secured to some retaining objec such as shownl at 16,by means of screws or the like 17 The device Biis identical inconstruction with the device A with the encepti n of the lever. Thedevice B includes the Aeyelet I) as before and the stud memberisdesignated as d. i

The lever comprises a wire 20, the endsfof which are secured together bytwisting, as The said wire is provided with two spaced apart portions 22vand 23 joined together by a curved portion 2li, and the pin 11 isreceived between the said spaced apart portions 22 and 23. It will benoted that the part 23 is bowed slightly at 25 and that both said parts22 and 23 are formed with abrupt curved portions 26 and 27.

The operation of the device A is as fot lows: le assume that theordinary form of drop curtain is used. Portions adjacent the edge ofsaid curtain are provided with one or y more eyelets Z). The parts awill be placed alongthe wall or on the iioor as the case may be. Whenit` is desired to secure the curtain against movement, the handle 3 ismoved so that the same may be passed through the eyelet as shown forinstance in Fig. 2.. If now the handle were moved in the direction ofthe arrow of Fifi'. 2, the eyelet would be moved down said handle andover the stud. The handle then could be moved relative to the eyelet insuch manner as to straddle the eyelet as shown in Fig. 3. It is obviousthat the cam slot in cooperation with the pin 11 will tightly secure theeyelet as between the base 5 of the stud and the saidlever. An advantageof this device resides in the swivel movement allowed the stud. If thecondition shownin Fig. l by a dotted line is assumed, it will be seenthat. the curtain is represented as having the eyelet o center withrelation to the device a. It is a simple matter to insert the handle inthe eyelet and then turn the handle, the stud permitting such a turningand the eyelet with the curtain is forced down the handle and over thestud.

The device B operates upon the same principle as the device A, and afterthe handle has been secured to the eyelet the handle may be movedrelative to the pin 1l and the eyelet to lock the eyelet between thestud and the handle. The bowed part 25 acts to engage opposite portionsof the eyelet. The abruptly bent portions V26 and 27 likewise act as alocking means for limiting movement of the handle when the handle isengaging the eye- It is obvious that I have provided a device whichrenders the locking of an awning of any form a simple matter. Inparticular I have provided a device in which effort to secure the awningis minimized. Devices which attempt to secure curtains or awnings andthe like by passing the same over snap studs do not always function forthe reason that the awning or curtain may be shrunk and not permit aready snapping' thereof.

yly device, as has been stated, overcomes these faults. It is obviousthat various changes, modifications and variations may be made inpracticing the invention in departure from the particular showing of thedrawing without departing from the true spirit. thereof.

Having thus disclosed my invention, I claim and desire to obtain byLetters Patent:

l. In a fastener for curtains and the like,

comprisingan eyelet adapted to be secured to the curtain and meanssecured to a further member for cooperation with said eyelet,

said means comprising a stud, and a lever secured to said stud andslidable relative thereto; said lever being adapted to be passed throughthe eyelet for directing the eyelet on to said stud.

2. In a fastener for curtains and the like, comprising an eyeletadaptedto be secured to the curtain and means secured to a further member forcooperation with said eyelet, said means comprising a stud, and a leversecured to said stud and slidable relativethereto; said lever beingadapted to be passed through the eyelet for directing` the eyelet on tosaid stud, and cam means for said lever whereby when the lever is slidrelative to the stud the eyelet may be locked as between said lever andthe stud.

3. ln a fastener comprising an eyelet adapted to be secured to a curtainand means adapted to be secured to a relatively7 stationary object andfor securingr said eyelet; said means comprising a swiveled stud, alever formed with a cam slot, and means passed through said cam slot forsecuring the lever to the stud, whereby when the eyelet is upon saidstud the said lever may be moved to cam the same into tight engagementwith the eyelet.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

ALBERT BROMLEY ALLEN.

